Environmentally friendly approach to convergent synthesis of highly functionalized indanone fused multicyclic pyrrolines

A facile synthesis of highly functionized indanone fused multicyclic pyrrolines using the heterocyclic ketene aminal and ninhydrin is described. Derivative alkoxyl or amine substituted analogues were also directly achieved upon adding alcohols or amines as corresponding starting materials. The reaction conditions are environment friendly and have a good tolerance towards a variety of heterocyclic ketene aminals. A library including three series of molecularly diverse indanone fused pyrrolines with potential bioactivities was demonstrated to be rapidly constructed with good to excellent yields.

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